Died in jail or a lockup
John Anderson
John Anderson, a Black man, was held in the jail at Lafayette, Louisiana, according to a dispatch printed in The Houston Daily Post. The paper reported that a large mob took him from the jail early on October 23, 1898, dragged him to the edge of town, strung his body up to a pole and shot it many times. The dispatch does not say whether jail officers resisted the mob, gave up the keys or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took John Anderson from the Lafayette, Louisiana jail, dragged him to the edge of town, hanged him from a pole and riddled his body with bullets.
Reported by: Lafayette dispatch of 1898 (newspaper report) (reporters).